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| -rw-r--r-- | vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/counter.go | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/counter.go b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/counter.go index 72d5256a5..ee37949ad 100644 --- a/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/counter.go +++ b/vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/counter.go @@ -30,8 +30,16 @@ type Counter interface { Metric Collector - // Inc increments the counter by 1. Use Add to increment it by arbitrary - // non-negative values. + // Set is used to set the Counter to an arbitrary value. It is only used + // if you have to transfer a value from an external counter into this + // Prometheus metric. Do not use it for regular handling of a + // Prometheus counter (as it can be used to break the contract of + // monotonically increasing values). + // + // Deprecated: Use NewConstMetric to create a counter for an external + // value. A Counter should never be set. + Set(float64) + // Inc increments the counter by 1. Inc() // Add adds the given value to the counter. It panics if the value is < // 0. |